. >> reporter: on wednesday, prosecutors of manning's defense team will argue over what is an appropriate sentence. the judge will decide whether to let the charges run concurrently or string them out. she will have to come up with a specific number, the time and the years, that manning will serve. chris lawrence, cnn, four ft. meade, maryland. >>> about four minutes after the hour, they have been locked in a battle for months now with congress set to head home for recess, president obama said it's time to strike a deal. speaking in chattanooga, the president is he they can reach a grand bargain to fix the federal budget. >> here's the bottom line, i'm wering to work with republicans on reforming our corporate tax code, as long as we use the money from transferring from a simple tax system for creating middle class jobs. that's the deal. >> not so fast. house speaker john boehner rejected the proposal saying it will hurt small businesses and families. if it seems to you that this budget fight is more of the same in washington, you're not wrong. it doesn't seem like much is getting done th